Brooke Hopkins of Rumson Fair Haven High School, explores the topic of Melanoma in her application for the Kate's Foundation for Melanoma Scholarship.
The Center for Disease Control conducted a survey recently. They wanted to see how many people knew about melanoma. The results showed that 50 percent of older adults had little to no knowledge on the subject. Even worse, the number for young adults was up to 74 percent. I hate to admit it, but before I stumbled across this scholarship, I was one of those young adults.
When I first saw that this scholarship was geared toward those who were about to embark on the pre-medical path, I was ecstatic. “This is perfect for me!” I thought to myself. In the fall, I will be a pre-med student at Boston College. I hope to one day become an oncologist. My interest in oncology was sparked when a close family friend was diagnosed with a rare type of bone cancer.
